Plantas de cobertura em sucessão ao milho para silagem em condições do cerrado
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Embora tenham sido desenvolvidos alguns estudos nos últimos anos com plantas de cobertura em áreas de produção de grãos, informações sobre espécies de cobertura em sucessão ao milho para silagem ainda são escassas. O objetivo deste trabalho foi
avaliar o efeito de diferentes plantas de cobertura no acúmulo de nutrientes e produtividade de massa seca (MS) na parte aérea das plantas de milho, em área de produção de silagem, na região central de Minas Gerais. O experimento foi conduzido
nas safras de 2012/2013 e 2013/2014, empregando-se oito tratamentos constituídos por seis espécies de cobertura (nabo forrageiro, milheto, braquiária ruzziziensis, braquiáira decumbens, crotalária e girassol), um tratamento composto pela mistura das espécies milheto e crotalária e uma área de pousio, como controle. O experimento foi montado em delineamento experimental, em blocos casualizados, com quatro repetições. Nos dois anos de cultivo, as quantidades totais dos nutrientes acumulados na parte aérea das plantas de milho não variaram com as plantas de cobertura, com
exceção da quantidade de Fe. Nas duas safras, a produtividade de MS da parte aérea do milho não variou em função das diferentes plantas de cobertura. A ausência de resposta na produtividade de milho foi atribuída à falta de umidade adequada para o cultivo do milho, devido aos veranicos ocorridos durante as safras.
Although some studies on cover crops in grain production areas have been developed in recent years, information on cover crops in succession to corn silage are still scarce. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of different cover crops on the accumulation of nutrients and dry mass yield (DM) in shoots of corn plants in silage production area in the central region of Minas Gerais. The experiment was carried out in two different harvests: 2012/2013 and 2013/2014, which eigth treatments were used consisted of six cover species (turnip, millet, B. ruzziziensis, B. decumbens, crotalaria and sunflower), in addition to a treatment comprising the mixture of millet and crotalaria species and fallow area representing control treatment. The experiment was conducted in a randomized block design with four replications. In the two years of cultivation, the total quantities of nutrients accumulated in the shoots of corn plants did not vary with cover crops, except for the amount of Fe. In two crops, DM yield of corn shoots did not vary according to the different cover crops. The absence of response in corn yield was attributed to lack of adequate moisture for growing corn due to dry spells during harvests.
Although some studies on cover crops in grain production areas have been developed in recent years, information on cover crops in succession to corn silage are still scarce. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of different cover crops on the accumulation of nutrients and dry mass yield (DM) in shoots of corn plants in silage production area in the central region of Minas Gerais. The experiment was carried out in two different harvests: 2012/2013 and 2013/2014, which eigth treatments were used consisted of six cover species (turnip, millet, B. ruzziziensis, B. decumbens, crotalaria and sunflower), in addition to a treatment comprising the mixture of millet and crotalaria species and fallow area representing control treatment. The experiment was conducted in a randomized block design with four replications. In the two years of cultivation, the total quantities of nutrients accumulated in the shoots of corn plants did not vary with cover crops, except for the amount of Fe. In two crops, DM yield of corn shoots did not vary according to the different cover crops. The absence of response in corn yield was attributed to lack of adequate moisture for growing corn due to dry spells during harvests.
